California Wild Sheep Foundation — Putting and Keeping Sheep on the Mountain Since 2002

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Put Sheep on the Mountain

Membership funds water projects, disease research and habitat work across California — and puts you in the room with the people doing it.

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News From the Mountain

Water hauls, drinker builds, survey results and the people behind them — what the chapter has been doing on California's mountains.

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2025
Steven G. Torres Honored with the Desert Ram Award
CAWSF board member Steven G. Torres receives the Desert Ram Award, inscribed for a lifetime of dedication working with agencies, conservation organizations, the academic community and professional societies on behalf of desert bighorn sheep.
2025
Featured Donor — Lathrop & Sons
Featured donor Lathrop & Sons Boot Co. advertises its Mountain Hunter boot, and the chapter asks whether you have considered trying new boots, for a new season or to be more comfortable in the field as we age.
2025
New Leaders, Old Faces — Jim Fitzgerald Becomes President
Long-time member and volunteer Jim Fitzgerald has stepped up as president of CAWSF. Don Martin, president for many years, is thanked and continues as VP North.

Our mission

Wild Sheep, Wild Places, Sound Science

California Wild Sheep Foundation is dedicated to supporting California’s wild sheep through conservation, education, scientific wildlife management and cooperation with key wild sheep organizations within California and the western United States.

Improve Habitat
Build and maintain the drinkers and guzzlers that carry sheep through drought.
Fund Research
Back the disease and population science that management decisions depend on.
Partner Widely
Convene agencies, biologists and volunteers through the California Sheep Summits.

How We Work

Conservation Projects

See where our conservation money is spent!

Drinker builds, water hauls, guzzler repairs and population surveys, most of it done by volunteers on a weekend.

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From the president

Jim Fitzgerald

Our banquet was a great success this year, and I’d like to start by thanking our attendees for showing up. It seemed like everyone enjoyed themselves, and I know I did. It couldn’t have happened without all of our donors either. They are an integral part of our chapter...
Jim FitzgeraldPresident, CAWSF

Leadership

Meet the Boardmembers

Board members are elected by the membership each June for two-year terms; officers are elected annually by the board. The year shown is when that term ends.

President
Jim Fitzgerald
Term ends 2028
VP Operations
Mike J. Borel
Term ends 2028
VP Northern California
Donald C Martin
Term ends 2027
VP Southern California
Glen Pyne
Term ends 2027
Secretary
Scott Gibson
Term ends 2028
Treasurer
Matt Burke
Term ends 2027
Board Member
Brad Aboltin
Term ends 2027
Board Member
Vince Bloom
Term ends 2027
Board Member
Jake Bricker
Term ends 2027
Board Member
Tony Gigliotti
Term ends 2027
Board Member
Mak Kern
Term ends 2028
Board Member
John Oldenkamp
Term ends 2027
Board Member
Don Priest
Term ends 2028
Board Member
Greg Tooley
Term ends 2028
Board Member
Josh Schulgen
Term ends 2028
Board Member
Brenton Scott
Term ends 2028

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Quarterly newsletter

Hunt stories, conservation work and chapter news, four times a year. Read every issue since 2014, or search the archive for a hunt zone, a member or a project.

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